Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management Case Study 2022

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Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author Note

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Response to Question 1.1: Benefits and drawbacks in entrepreneurship
The case of Tim represents a great example of an entrepreneurship venture, as he
started from scratch from a new innovative idea, to a newer platform and newer approach
altogether. Tim always dreamt of becoming a businessman and has invested all his years in
various job opportunities and courses just be equipped with sufficient knowledge and
expertise. Tim, at last, has experienced success and growth but also have been through
several challenges and hurdles. Tim reflected the state of sheer determination, passion, and
consistency in working towards his dreams, as an effective entrepreneur. Although he
experienced everything from rejections in funding, to misrepresentation to loss of partnership
with a well-framed prototype, one thing never failed and that was the emerging
entrepreneurial traits. Tim decided to respond to each hurdle with the urge to discover newer
opportunities. There are various advantages along with drawbacks in entrepreneurship. The
advantages can be the potentiality of discovery opportunity and career that aligns with the
personal values and passion, leadership experience, promotion of a better living standard for
ownself and target audience and contributes to economic development. The drawbacks of
entrepreneurship can be poor business plan can immediately lead to failure, associated ethical
concerns, potentiality of shorter lifecycle of venture and the state of unpredictability of
success and failure (Lima and dos Santos 2018). However, irrespective of the drawbacks, the
entrepreneurial urge and motivation respond to each and every opportunity for the dream of a
newer innovative business.
Response to Question 1.2: Deadly mistakes Tim would have made being an
entrepreneur
The decision-making skills and strategic move of an entrepreneur can always be at
risk as one mistake can directly contribute to the failure of a start-up even before starting.
According to the case, Tim would have made various mistakes, one of them being agreeing to
the partnership value of a 25 percent stake. This mistake would have cost his dream of

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starting something of his own into vain as it would have given minimum to no control over
the operations and business decisions on his business idea. This mistake would have been
practiced by Tim to fill up his dream of responding to the community development
opportunity of a better lifestyle through his business activities. Another mistake would have
been the decision of approaching partners first before the intent of City Park. The intent from
City Park could have acted as a consent if his prototype or similar idea would have used by
the potential partners. Another mistake would have been redirecting his urge and passion
somewhere else with the fear of developing competitors after the failure of partnership, it
would have been the failure of his passion and urge of becoming an entrepreneur. Another
mistake would have been if Tim stopped diversifying his business as this decision could have
brought failure or extinction of niche in the long-run.
Response to Question 1.3: Success factors
The success factors, which Tim implied for developing entrepreneurial venture were:
 Persistence in accomplishing growth: Persistence in working towards the recognized
business and community development opportunity was the most crucial factor, which
can reflect success (Nambisan 2017). Persistence in-building network, acquiring
partnership, consent of local authorities and suitable partner.
 Community development through affordability of better lifestyle: Tim set goals for
improving the community by responding to the concern of affordability. A better
lifestyle and overall community development can reflect Tim's success.
 Increased employment opportunities: Increasing employment was another target,
which reflects Tim’s success as an entrepreneur as making money being a
businessman was not the major motive of Tim.
 Diversification of business offerings: Tim focussed at business diversification for
sustaining in presence of potential competitors.